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About Wonder Of Women - Supernatural Stories: Celebrate the true pioneers of female literature

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did. But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender. Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility. The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Supernatural - An Introduction 2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot 3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot 4 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton 5 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 6 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee 7 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit 8 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett 9 - The Operation by Violet Hunt 10 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav 11 - The First Evening by Catherine Crowe 12 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 13 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee 14 - Marsyas in Flanders by Vernon Lee 15 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt 16 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves 17 - The Night of No Weather by Violet Hunt 18 - The Mass for the Dead by Edith Nesbit 19 - The Telegram by Violet Hunt 20 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee 21 - Amour Dure - Part 2 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee